Beaten and Broken

Fierce passion,
hunted with pure desire;
your intoxicating scent ensnared.

Honey words
wrapped me in snug warm wool
while your grip tightened around my throat.

You caged me
within purple and blue;
beaten and broken into despair.

Heterovert

your slur—my ceaseless derogation

liberals cut my tongue to bleed the hate

for whispered words of wretched weather

queens snorted and screamed

caused my life to vanish

fear of abusive men soon decreased

gave me a brief moment of rebirth

the soil soaked in my hurried hurt

it gleamed silver in the muted air